The 2024 ICMM Congress was hosted by four museums in The Netherlands and Belgium from 15 – 21 September. Congress 2024 started at Maritiem Museum Rotterdam, followed by a day trip to the Zuiderzeemuseum at Enkhuizen, before travelling onwards to the next host location at Het Scheepvaartmuseum in Amsterdam. Many delegates also enjoyed a post-congress day trip to the MAS Museum in Antwerp on Saturday 21 September.
Presentations are available to watch again by clicking the title links below:
Day 1: Blue Ocean and the Marine Environment (Location: Maritiem Museum Rotterdam)
Opening Keynote Speaker: Blue Machine: Seeing Ourselves as Citizens of an Ocean World
– Dr Helen Czerski
Followed by a plenary discussion: Navigating the Future: The Role of Maritime Museums in Ocean Sustainability
Speakers:
– Paddy Rodgers (Royal Museums Greenwich, UK)
– Dr. Helen Czerski Christina Connett Brophy (Mystic Seaport Museum, USA)
– Laura Boon-Williams (Royal Museums Greenwich, UK)
– Richard Kendall (Hong Kong Maritime Museum, Hong Kong SAR)
Charting Green Horizons: Maritime Museums at the Forefront of Innovation
Speakers:
– Marika Hedin – Session Moderator (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Sweden)
– Bert Boer (Maritiem Museum Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Look Up!
– Anne Tove Austbø (Stavanger Maritime Museum, Norway)
Green Perspectives in Blue Museums
Presentation of the ICMM Life Fellow Award
The 2024 Greenhill-Johnston ICMM Life Fellow Award was presented to former ICMM President, Dr Matthew Tanner MBE
The Future of Maritime Museums: Driving New Directions
Speakers:
– Kevin Fewster – Session Moderator (The Mariners’ Museum/ICMM Life Fellow)
– Urmas Dresen (Estonian Maritime Museum, Estonia)
Management of the Maritime Museum in a Changing World: New Demands, Research, and Efficiency
– Howard Hoege (The Mariners’ Museum & Park, USA)
Necessity is the Mother of Innovation
– Daryl Karp (Australian National Maritime Museum, Australia)
Future of Maritime Museums – Driving new directions
ICMM Global Maritime Histories Project – Case Studies for Change: Grants and Partnerships Program followed by an Overview of LRF Priorities and Grant Opportunities
Speakers:
Kristen Greenaway (President, ICMM)
Louise Sanger (Lloyd’s Register Foundation, UK)
Felicity Ferguson (ICMM Global Maritime Histories Manager)
Alex Stitt (Lloyd’s Register Foundation, UK)
*Please refer to the GMH webpage for up to date information, as some dates referred to in this presentation have moved.
Global Maritime Museums Networks
Speakers:
– Sally Archer – Session Moderator (ICMM Hon. Secretary-General and Royal Museums Greenwich, UK)
– Samuel Heed (Council of American Maritime Museums, USA)
– Ruth Schilling (Northern Sea Maritime Museums Network)
– Feng Zhao (Congress of Chinese Maritime Museums)
– Pierangelo Campodonico (Association of Mediterranean Maritime Museums)
– Andres Rodrigo (ICMM representative from the countries of Spanish and Portuguese languages)
– Daniel Inoque (ICOM-Mozambique)
Day 2: Museum Ships and Maritime Heritage (Location: Maritiem Museum Rotterdam)
Keynote Speaker: The Role of the IMO in Maritime Heritage and Future Contemporary Ocean Development
– Natasha Brown (Head of IMO Outreach and Communications Office – International Maritime Organization)
Museum Ships and Maritime Heritage Plenary Session
Speakers:
– Vincent Lipanovich – Session Moderator (New Zealand Maritime Museum, New Zealand)
– Matthew Tanner (Ttandem Consulting LLP & HMS Victory Preservation Co. Ltd., UK)
Ship Preservation: Are We Still on the Road to Hell?
– Raymond Ashley (Maritime Museum of San Diego, USA)
Historic Ships and World Heritage
– Feng Zhao (China National Maritime Museum, Shanghai, China)
Maritime Museums for Protecting and Inheriting Traditional Watercraft Heritage
Maritime Museums and Underwater Archaeology
Speakers:
Fred Hocker – Session Moderator (Vasa Museum, Sweden)
– Garry Momber (Maritime Archaeology Trust, UK)
Museums, maritime archaeology and ocean literacy – a story of climate change, coastal adaptation and the UN Decade of Ocean Science
– Catherine Green (National Maritime Historical Society and the Wisconsin Maritime Museum, USA)
How Maritime Museums Become Bridges Between Shipwreck Artefact Salvagers and Public Agencies
– McAllie Givens & Rachel Recuero (The Mariners’ Museum & Park, USA)
A Project in Museum Archaeology
Maritime Heritage Preservation
Speakers:
– Frits Loomeijr (Session Moderator)
– Cecilia Marnetoft & Johan Löfgren (Swedish National Maritime and Transport Museums, Sweden)
Ship Preservation Plans at the Maritime & Naval Museums in Sweden: The Cases of the Museum Ships Sankt Erik & Västervik
– Samuel Hilgartner (Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, USA)
The “Character” of a Boat: A Dynamic Approach to Historic Vessel Conservation
– Andrew Baines (National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, UK)
Maritime Skills and Ship Conservation: The Creation and Development of the National Museum of the Royal Navy’s Historic Ships Team
Museum Ships and Maritime Heritage Pecha Kucha Session
Speakers:
– Howard Hoege – Session Moderator (The Mariner’s Museum & Park, USA)
– Susan Sirota & Nienke van der Wal (Maritime Museum of San Diego, USA /Het Scheepvaartmuseum, The Netherlands)
Keeping Afloat with Rising Tides: A Case Study Evaluating a Climate Change Exhibition at a Maritime Museum
– Sanna Snellaars (Het Scheepvaartmuseum, The Netherlands)
Large-Scale Digitisation of Ship Plans
– Andres Rodrigo (Chilean National Maritime Museum, Chile)
Heritage Rescue of Two Emblematic Boats
– Enzo Novenario (Museo Del Galeón, Philippines)
An Introduction to the Museo Del Galeón: A New Maritime Museum in the Philippines
– Gerhard de Kok (Huygens Instituut, The Netherlands)
Connecting the Dots: A Digital Network for Maritime Heritage
– Marcelo Weissel (Museo Arqueológico de La Boca, Argentina)
Babel Harmony: Buenos Aires Maritime Experience
_ Emily Jateff (Australian National Maritime Museum, Australia)
Maritime Museums and the Ocean Decade
– Carsten Jordan (Deutsches Hafenmuseum, Germany)
How to Reconstruct the Interior of the 1911 Four-Masted Bark, PEKING
– The Pecha Kucha session was followed by a presentation of the new FENIX Museum in Rotterdam by Anne Kremers, Director
Day 4: People and The Sea (Location: Het Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam)
Keynote Speaker: The Sea is History: Memory-making in and through the Maritime Archive
– Professor Wayne Modest, National Museum of World Cultures / Vrije Universiteit (The Netherlands)
The Sincere Museum and Roundtable Discussion
Speakers:
– Michael Huijser (Het Scheepvaartmuseum, The Netherlands)
– Paddy Rodgers (Royal Museums Greenwich, UK)
– Howard Hoege (The Mariners’ Museum & Park, USA)
– Lars Amréus (Swedish National Transport and Maritime Museums, Sweden)
– Andreia Conceição (Sesimbra Maritime Museum, Portugal)
– Hanna Hagmark (Åland Maritime Museum, Åland Islands)
ICMM Panel Discussion on Maritime Refugees
Speakers:
– Christina Brophy (Mystic Seaport Museum, USA)
– Roland Leikauf (Australian National Maritime Museum, Australia)
– Enric Garcia-Domingo (Maritime Museum of Barcelona, Spain)
– Anna Arnberg & Mirja Arnshav (Swedish National Maritime and Transport Museums, Sweden)
People and the Sea Pecha Kucha Session
Speakers:
– Zefeng You – Session Moderator (Hong Kong Maritime Museum, Hong Kong SAR)
– Louise Sanger (Lloyd’s Register Foundation, UK)
Potentially Polluting Wrecks: Defusing the Ticking Timebomb
– Per Kristian Sebak (Bergen Maritime Museum / Museum Vest, Norway)
Report from the Bergen Maritime Museum in Norway
– Pol Verbeeck (Maritiem Muzeeum Zeeland, The Netherlands)
The Amazing Vliegend Hert Collection: 18th-Century Shipwreck Objects as You’ve Never Seen Before
– Ron Brand (Maritiem Museum Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
The Project of Describing and Photographing Prints and Maps in the Rare Books Collection at the Maritiem Museum Rotterdam
– Mary Montagu-Scott (Buckler’s Hard Maritime Museum, UK)
Buckler’s Hard: An Introduction to the 18th Century Shipbuilding Village and its Aspirations to Keep Heritage Shipbuilding Skills Alive
– Margretha Nónklett (The National Museum of the Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands)
The Last Whaling Station the Northern Hemisphere
– Katrin Savomägi (Estonian Maritime Museum, Estonia)
Frozen Seas and Polar Heritage of Estonia
– Karen Meirik (Maritiem Museum Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Darwin200: Exploring the Oceans (and its Wildlife) by Sail
Day 5: The Museum as Activist? (Location: Het Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam)
Cultural Heritage Sustainability and Museums in War
Speakers:
– Lars Amreus – Session Moderator (Swedish National Transport and Maritime Museums, Sweden)
– Sergii Paliienko (Central Naval Museum of Ukraine)
The War in Ukraine and the Ukraine’s Central Naval Museum: How We React, Adapt and Interact
– Dmitri Kobaliia (Khortytsiia National Reserve, Ukraine)
Preserving Maritime Cultural Heritage in a War Zone
The Museum as Activist? Plenary Session
Speakers:
– Daryl Karp – Session Moderator (Australian National Maritime Museum, Australia)
– Peter Armstrong (Mystic Seaport Museum, USA)
Maritime Experience Matters: The New Strategic Direction of Mystic Seaport
– Andrea Conceição (Sesimbra Maritime Museum, Portugal)
The impact of Maritime Narratives on 21st-Century Society, From a Socio-museological Perspective: The Paradigmatic Case of the Sesimbra Maritime Museum
– Laura Boon-Williams (Royal Museums Greenwich, UK)
Risky Relevant: The Uncomfortable Challenges of Engaging with Contemporary Topics
ICMM Congress 2024 General Assembly Meeting
– President – Kristen Greenaway (Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, USA)
– Vice-President – Vincent Lipanovich (New Zealand Maritime Museum, New Zealand)
– Hon. Treasurer – Michael Huijser (Het Scheepvaartmuseum, The Netherlands)
– Hon. Secretary-General – Sally Archer (Royal Museums Greenwich, UK)
